ISIS advances as Kurds run out of ammunition — Last month, I noted the parlous situation of Iraqi Kurds and the unwillingness of President Obama to assist them in their effort to combat ISIS. Iraq's Kurds must defend a 650 mile border, thanks to the collapse of the Iraq army in the north.

The Grifting Wing vs. The Governing Wing — While the Tea Party is busy lining their pockets, the rest of the Republicans are actually trying to get things done. — Vocabulary.com defines a grifter as: A grifter is a con artist—someone who swindles people out of money through fraud.

An Honest Voice in Israel — Shortly before the announcement Thursday night of the ceasefire in Gaza that went into effect Friday morning and was immediately broken, the Deutsche Welle, the German radio station, posted the transcript of an interview with the Israeli novelist Amos Oz. Here's how it started:

UNRWA School Shelling — Press Statement — Department Spokesperson — Washington, DC — The United States is appalled by today's disgraceful shelling outside an UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons, in which at least ten more Palestinian civilians were tragically killed.

Holder exclusive — ‘Proud to be an activist’ — Only two years ago, House Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. Recently, Senate Republicans have trashed the former head of his civil rights division, Thomas Perez, and blocked his current choice to run the division, Debo Adegbile.

Barack Obama to reporters: 'I'll take a question' — President Barack Obama had just done the unthinkable. — He took questions last week from the White House press corps — not just once, but twice. He didn't call only on the reporters who were selected ahead of time by his senior aides.

Cantor in the Land of the Lilliputians — Last week when Eric Cantor announced he would not after all serve out his current House term, his official explanation was that he wanted to give his successor (which he presumed to be his primary vanquisher, Dave Brat) a leg up with an early access to office.

US SENT LATIN YOUTH UNDERCOVER IN ANTI-CUBA PLOY — WASHINGTON (AP) — Fernando Murillo was typical of the young Latin Americans deployed to Cuba by a U.S. agency to work undercover. He had little training in the dangers of clandestine operations — or how to evade one of the world's most sophisticated counter-intelligence services.

Don't Impeach Obama, Censure Him — Forty years ago this coming week, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency shortly after the House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment against him. The consensus is that Nixon had committed wrongs that amounted to the “high crimes and misdemeanors” …

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